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&he happy Boole £ amilv
•^oonhave all their ,
possessions moved into
their newliomeTAnAttien..
POCKETS, ALL THESE
HINGES NEED ARE A FEW
NAILS! claptrap, the
CONTRACTOR, HAD THEM
FASTENED ON WITH
AOHBStVB TAPE!
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I GUESS CLAPTRAP KNEW
BEST I THEY BREAK T h
UNDER A HAMMER!
HINGES DON'T
COST MUCH !
WE'LL GET SOME
NEW ONES RIGHT
AWAY, POCKETS !
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EVERY NEW H0U5E 15
BOUND TO HAVE A FEW
WEAK SPOTS IN IT...
AND THE SOONER WE
FIND X EM,THE" BETTER!
I GUESS CLAPTRAP DIDNlT J YEAH /AN'
REALIZE HOW SPRINGY A I'M SURE T'S
PLYWOOD IS WHEN YA
USE IT FOR FLOORS/
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OVERSIGHT \
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USE MORE BEAMS /
FOR SUPPORT fy^
THE BASEMENT DOESN'T
EXTEND UNDER THIS
SIDE ROOM! THE FLOOR
IS WELL SUPPORTED HERE..
ITS RIGHT ON THE
GROUND!
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FLOWERS
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THOSE LIVE WIRES ARE
DANGEROUS.' I'LL FIND
THE SWITCH AND CUT
OFF THE CURRENT f
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MY COMPANY WANTS TO BUILD A
45,000,000 FACTORY HERE? I'M
INTERESTED IN BUYING THE
PROPERTY, NOT THE HOUSE?
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THIS PLACE HAS CAUSED,
TEARING IT DOWN WILL
BE A PLEASURE?
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.RESIDENTS ARE CAUTIONED TO
IBE ON WATCH FOR MR.H0RATIO
BINKS/HE SUFFERS FROM
THE ILLUSION THAT HE IS A
WEALTHY BUSINESS MAGNA"
AND IS IN THE HABIT OF
BUYING PROPERTY WITH
LARGE BUT WORTHLESS
CHECKS? IF FOUND, PLEASE
NOTIFY THE EASY REST
ASYLUM !
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AUMT FANNY IS W6HTf
LET'S ALL PITCH IN AND FIX
UP EVERYTHING THAT'S
WRONG HERE!
POCKETS, FIND ENOUGH BOARDS TO PATCH
THESE HOLES f GAMLIN, YOU TAKE THE
JALOPY AND PICK UP EVERY LOOSE
PLANK AND BEAM YOU CAN FIND.AVE'lL
NEED A LOT OF THEM FOR SUPPORTS?
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DON'T WORRY, KELLY! J IT WON'T TAKE ]\
IT AIN'T BLOWING .-/MUCH WIND TO
VERY hard:
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RUIN THAT HOUSE!
LOOK AT THOSE
SHINGLES BLOWING
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NO WONDER! INSTEAD )/ THE WHOLE THING
OF NAILING THE A IS BEGINNING TO
SHINGLES ON, CLAPTRAP^ ] LEAN. r GET SOME
USED CARPET TACKS ! 1 BRACES, QWCKf
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mess!
THE
HOUSE
ISA
TOTAL
LOSS/
...IT ISN'T YOUR FAULT
THAT CONTRACTOR
CLAPTRAP CHEATED
ON MATERIALS AND
SOLD YDU THIS
LEMON!
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YOU'RE LEAVING THAT SIGN HERE,CLAPTRAP!
• IT WILL BE A WARNING TO OTHER VETS
NOT TO BUY YOUR
FLIMSY HOUSES'
HE FELL
IN OUR
FLOODED
CELLAR!
YOU'RE RIGHT f WHEN I
WAS DROWNING IN THAT
FLOODED BASEMENT, I FELT
LIKE A ftAT... CAUGHT IN
W OWN #AT TRAP/
THERE ARE NINE OTHER
VETERANS IN TOWN WHO
HAVE BOUGHT THE SAME
KIND OF HOUSE FROM ME
AT THE SAME PRICE...
$10,000 EACH!
TO EASE My CONSCIENCE OF.
MY TEN FRAUDS, r WROTE <
OUT A $\0,OOO CHECK FOR
EACH OF YOU TEN VETS? </
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ELECTRIC FAN SINCE
LAST SUMMER, BUT IT'5
JUST WHAT.
I NEED f
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A FAN
IN THE
GARDEN?
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I SWITCH ON THE SUN LAMP AND
WE HAVE SUNSHINE f
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50 15 My GARDEN ?
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YOU I WOULDN'T BE IN TO^
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WHAT MR.
GRETZEL IS
ALWAYS
TELLING
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A DOUBT THE MOST FANTASTIC.) INTERESTING
ER.. FASCINATING VACUUM , 4 TO LOOK AT,
CLEANER ON THE MARKET ) ( BUT...
TODAY/
AND INTERESTING TO USE ! THIS
LITTLE ITEM IS ESPECIALLY
EQUIPPED TO SWEEP DUST UNDER
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WHOLE THING
MYSELF!
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AND THIS GADGET IS THE
SPECIAL WALLY SMITH BLOWER I
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YOU GET FINISHED USING, MY
CLEANER YOU WONT BE ABLE TO
PINO THE DUST! IT'LL BE ALL
OVER THE PLACE.'
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JUST GET RID OF
THIS OLD VACUUM
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THINK I'M REALLY
SMART TO HAVE
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BY MYSELF!
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CLEANER WORK BEFORE
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AFRAID SHE'S GOING TO
BE AWFULLY MAD !
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ALL RIGHT.' NOT IMMEDIATELY,) NO J HE
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vine day
we find
Tommy
Tot on his
way to
inspect
3n old
mansion,
willed to
him by
his late
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f "JANUARY 4-, 1919 — AFTER HEARING A
-TERRIFIC EXPLOSION TONIGHT, 1 RAN
OUTSIDE AND FOUND A MASS OF
SMOKING METAL f A WEIRD FIGURE
EMERGED - ♦ THE FIRST MAN FROM MARS
TO LAND ON EARTH f WE REASON FOR
HIS VISIT WAS SO TERRIFYING THAT J
LOCKED HIM IN THE CELLAR VAULT? I
WILL BE DISASTROUS IF HE
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JUST SO YOU PONT GNE
ME ANY TROUBLE, I'LL
SPRINKLE SOME MARTIAN
PLANT POOP ON THE WEED
GROWING OUT OF THAT
CREVICE!
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OF THE MAIN V/NES
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AM- -JUST WHAT 1 NEED —
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ANO A SPRAY GUN f
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THIS FELLER'S GOT
SOMETHING HERE THAT
WILL HBLPTHATFAILIKG
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"WHAT'S the matter. Uncle Gamlin?"
Kelly Poole asked, as he entered the
living room. His uncle sat glumly in his bat-
tered easychai* holding a pink racing form.
The monotonous drone of a vacuum clean-
er sounded from the • next room. ** You hear
that racket?" Gamlin asked unhappily. "And
me trying to concentrate on picking a winner
for today's race. This has been going on for
two days now, and I'm broke, du£ to Fanny's
eternal housecleaning."
"I see what you mean," Kelly said, grin-
ning. "It's lucky I stopped in. I have a propo-
sition that might interest you. I just saw Mr.
J. I. Minks, and he's looking for a night watch-
man for his department store."
A few minutes later Kelly and Gamlin en-
tered the outer office of J. I. Minks, where
Mr. Minks' pretty blonde secretary greeted
them. "I'll see if Mr. Minks is busy," she said.
''Say, Kelly," Gamlin said, watching the
girl /disappear into the inner office, "maybe
this won't be such a bad place to work."
The door reopened and' the brisk voice of
Mr. Minks said, "Show them in. Miss Lupin."
Miss Lupin waved them into the office,
closing the door softly behind her. Mr. Minks
looked up from his work, slowly he faced
them with a worried expression. "I'm glad to
see you, Kelly," he said earnestly. "This must
be your uncle. How do you do, sir."
"Pleased to meet you," Gamlin said.
"About this job, Mr. Minks, I don't think
it is quite in my hne. You bee, I'm a private
investigator, resting between cases. I'm afraid
this position would be too tame for my tastes.
"Fine!" Mr. Minks said briskly. "You're
just the man we've been looking for.
'You see," he continued, "I neglected to
tell Kelly that several shipments of our most
valuable furs were stolen several days ago.
Our last watchman quit just before it happen-
ed and we have not been able to replace him
as yet. The police investigation of' the theft
led to the Curley Wolf gang, but now they
think it was an inside job.
"In fact,'* Mr. Minks said unhappily, mop-
ping his pudgy face, "they think I am robbing
myself to collect the insurance."
"That's different," Gamlin said important-
ly. "I'll be glad to help you out, Mr. Minks.
on the condition that I have an assistant."
"Anything to get to the bottom of this,"
Mr. Minks said readily. 4 *Whom do you have
m mind?"
"My nephew, Kelly," Gamlin said "I feel
it only fair to give him the benefit of my know-
ledge as long as he arranged this "meeting."
As they left Mr. Minks' office. Miss Lupin
smiled pleasantly and held out a folded slip
of paper. "This note was brought here by a
little boy, Mr. Poole, while you were seeing
Mr. Minks."
Kelly took the bit of paper and opened it
outside. Scrawled in pencil was the warning:
"If you want to keep healthy, don't take that
watchman's job."
He turned the note over to Uncle Gamlin,
saying, "There's no use trying to find the boy
who delivered it,. You go on — I want 40 see
Mr. Minks for a couple of minutes."
The department store that nighl was gloomy,
full of frightening noises, with lurking shadows
leaping up in the light of the electric lantern
Gamlin carried. "Stick close to me, Kelly,"
he whispered nervously. "I don't want any-
thing to happen to you."
"We better check that shipment on the
third floor," Kelly reminded him. "Mr. Minks
said there are over two-hundred-thousand-dol-
lars' worth of platinum fox furs there."
"What were you doing so long this after-
noon when you went back to see Mi. Minks?"
"I just wanted to look over the store, to get
the lay of the land in case of trouble," Kelly^
answered.
"Very commendable idea," Gamiin said. "I
wondered if you'd do that without my telling .
you. If you stick with me, you may become
a great Oops! What was that?" Gamlin
shouted, tripping full 'length and dropping the
lantern.
The lantern went out in the fall, and the
two men groped in the pitch darkness to ce~
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cover it. "I hope it isn't .broken," Gamlin said
weakly. "I'd hate to have to find my way
out of here in the dark."
"There's a light switch over by the ele-
vators," Kelly said. "I checked on it this after-
noon. It lights the whole floor."
"Then why are we fumbling around in the
dark>" Gamlin complained.
"Because," Kelly explained, "we'll never
catch any crooks with the place lit up."
Gamjin felt gingerly on the floor for the
lantern. His hand struck an object, and he
ran his hand quickly over it. "Great Scott,
Kelly!" he chattered. "There's a body on ,
the floor, stiff as a board. That's what I trip-
ped over."
Kelly struck a match and held it up high.
"Aw," Be muttered in disgust, "it's only a
clothing dummy that fell over." Then, spotting
the fallen lantern, he picked it up and strode
to the elevator.
"Whew!" Gamlin gasped, hurrying after
his nephew. "It had me worried for a minute."
At that moment, the click and hum of an
elevator in motion came down the shaft. "There
is someone else in this building," Gamlin gasp-
ed "If it's the Curley Wolf gang, we'll be
massacred. There are at least ten thugs in
that mob Where'll we hide?"
"\^e won't hide," Kelly replied firmly..
"We'll face them right here."
"Are you crazy, Kelly?" his uncle asked.
M lf» ten to two. and those odds are too much,
even for me " While he was still speaking, the
elevator )arred to a halt and the doors slid
open. Standing in the elevator, guhs leveled,
were a group of sinister-looking men. In the
center, stood a slim, blonde girl with sea-green
eyes.
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"Miss Lupin," Gamlin gasped, "those
crooks have captured you!"
"No," Miss Lupin replied, laughing, "we
have captured you. I see you didn't take my
warning note to heart. Now you will not get
off as easily as the watchman who took the
hint and quit. Meet my brother, Curley Wolf."
A tall, thin man stepped to the front of
the elevator and bowed mockingly. "I'm sor-
ry, gentlemen, that our acquaintance will be
so short, but we must get on with our work.
Unfortunately for you, you won't be able to
tell anyone that it's my sister who tips us off."
"Let's have a little more light on the sub-
ject," Kelly said, slipping to one side. He
grabbed the large switch and pushed the con-
tacts home. Light flooded the entire floor to
reveal, standing in a semi-circle, twenty grim-
faced policemen, each holding a sub-machine
gun, a riot gun, or a pistol.
'It's a trap," Curley snarled.
««
"Drop your guns, boys," Kelly ordered,
or my friends will drop you before you can
make a false move." The pistols hitting the
elevator floor sounded like a small avalanche.
"How did you do it," Curley growled.
"We watched this place all day and tonight,
and no cops came in or out."
After Kelly and Gamlin, under the cold
eyes of the policemen, secured the last knot
on the gangsters, he turned to the baffled Cur-
ley and replied, "Good thing you didn't look
too closely at the Law." He gestured to the
still unmoving patrolmen. "They happen to
be clothing dummies, rigged up from the cos-
tume department. The guns," he added, "are
from the toy department."
"I guess maybe we're the real dummies,"
Curley Wolf muttered ruefully. -»
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